Shobhit Agarwal

Software Engineer II

About Me

Hi, my name’s Shobhit and I’m a software engineer at Microsoft working on Accessibility Insights

I am most skilled in: Javascript and Web Development

Experience

Microsoft

microsoft.com

Software Engineer II

December 2017 - Present

Accessibility Insights
  • Working on making life easier for millions of web users with disabilities.
  • Building tools for web & windows developers to check and fix accessibility for a web page before those issues hit production.
  • Free and open source, building on the open source axe-core engine
Service Desk
  • Improved Microsoft’s help desk (service desk) UIs and interfaces to improve the experience for all the agents helping millions of Microsoft customers
  • Built specialized UX that provided insights and analytics for managers while also helping them maintain efficiency in managing their agents.

Copart

copart.com

Technical Lead

July 2017 - November 2017

Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Jul 2017

Front End Developer Intern

May 2015 – Aug 2016

Copart Yard/Ops Portal
  • Led the development of an internal SPA for Copart yard employees, served in multiple countries, that replaced Mainframe based systems held at the company for more than 25 years
  • Worked on creating a library/SDK of simple and complex React components, to be shared across multiple application teams inside Copart
  • Led efforts for the company to shift from licensed software towards OSS
  • Mentored multiple interns and other new employees
Copart Seller Mobile Application
  • Built iOS and Android app for Copart Sellers making the life of our Seller Executives easier by keeping them up to date with various key points and values of lots assigned to Copart
  • Helped thousands of Copart Sellers to stay on top of their growth, engagement, and business with Copart, on-the-go.

Infosys Limited

infosys.com

Senior Systems Engineer

Sep 2011 - July 2014

Unilever Asia and Africa Divison
  • Supported Unilever Asia & Africa’s SAP-ABAP group by writing reports and programs that helped the company implement it supply chain effectively.
  • Optimized a lot of archaic manual tasks by creating automations using SAP-ABAP reports.

Education

University of Texas at Dallas

https://engineering.utdallas.edu/

MS Computer Science

2014- 2016

"Engineering is central to the mission of UT Dallas, which is committed to be a global leader in innovative, high quality science, engineering, and business education and research."

Master’s in Computer Science with Specialization in Data Science

Dehradun Institute of Technology

https://www.dituniversity.edu.in/

B.Tech Computer Science

2007 - 2011

Undergraduate Degree (B.Tech, equaivalent to BSc in US) in Computer Science from Dehradun, India.

A Little More About Me

Alongside my interests in networks and software engineering some of my other interests and hobbies are:

  • Gaming, especially FIFA
  • Hiking around Seattle area